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When we got to The Fund for Animals, Rodi came over
and shook hands with everyone and wanted to know all
of our names. And she said something like that Julia
had been looking for us/asking about us.
There was a table set up with the cd's and they were
selling raffle tickets for signed cast photos. I got
a CD as a gift and a raffle ticket. Julia was doing
some interviews, and they had us line up. I was first
in line I think. Made me kind of nervous! I went
over and told her my name. (Rodi had made us nametags
but we didn't have them yet). She said she had read
all our bios. I already had an autographed CD, but
she put my name on it and autographed the one I bought
as a gift. I told her I felt like a traitor and it
was her fault LOL. She looked surprised for a minute
and then said "Oh Adam". She said something about
enjoying working with David Canary. And that she
didn't know how long that was going to last. Sounded
to me like it was still somewhat ongoing, at least for
another month since they tape that far ahead. I asked
if Brooke and Tad were next. She said she didn't
think they were going to be romantic. I thanked her
profusely! LOL And told her I loved Michael, and
Brooke and Tad's friendship - with no kissing! She
said she found their separate lives more interesting,
parenting Jamie. I told her I liked the new Jamie and
she said that he is really sweet. I had taken the
paper thingy out of the CD cover to make it easier for
her to sign. We were trying to put it back inside.
She said something about doing over 100 of them. The
plastic case gave us some trouble, but we finally got
it together! Oh I do rememember Rodi saying that they
had sold out of the autographed CD's. Oh she also said how
much she appreciated our support. And asked if I was
going to the lunch.
I took a few pictures of the other girls when they
went up. And spent alot of time handing out Barr
Association cards to the other fans there. I think
Marcie was also giving out LGS cards. We invited quite
a few people to our group. Hopefully they will join
us!
They asked us if we would be interviewed by soapnet,
and we all signed releases. We were all pretty
nervous! Julia stood off to the side encouraging us
to "smile you look tense!" Then, like Marcie said, she
came running over acting all shocked, "what are you
doing here???" When they asked where we were going to
lunch, all Rodi would say was "in the theater
district". She said they could have brought a camera
crew to the restaurant, but it was about us and not
publicity.
Rachel gave me a shirt, and we got them signed, and
Julia took a picture with each of us. And then a
group shot of everyone.
Julia really took her time with everyone, you never
felt rushed. She was really interested in what we had
to say. LOL there is one picture of her with Amy
where she is looking especially intent. Or was it
bored? LMAO! She also was very aware of us the whole
time we were there, regardless of who else was
around. We left a little while before the signing was
over, and she waved at us as we left.
Audrey was already at the restaurant, so we got
acquainted with her. Rodi and Julia came shortly
after. Audrey was saying she had missed the signing,
and Julia said something about "this is the good part
anyway". We went and sat down and Rodi made several
suggestions on the menu. Rachel gave her the CD's and
the book. And Farrah gave her a gift too. Oh and
Rachel had picked up some Godiva chocolate. She liked
that! She asked if the CD's were a DVD LOL. And
wasn't sure what a wav file was. She really seemed to
like the book, tho she wasn't able to get far. Rodi
told her we came to talk to her, not to watch her
read. And took the book away from her. And proceeded
to read it herself, ooohing and awwwwing. Julia
complained that she wouldn't let HER read it LOL.
Julia made a toast to us. We tried to tell her we
should be toasting her. But she insisted on toasting
us, and then joked, "ok now you can toast me if you
want". LOL she really has a great sense of humor.
Then she wanted us to go around the table and tell her
what we liked and didn't like. It took awhile, bc she
was constantly commenting on what we were saying,
asking questions.... Farrah mentioned that she was in
her fanclub many years ago. Someone mentioned
Brooke and Edmund's first
scene together. And Julia remembered it, she'd had to
dump her purse but also to really establish that eye
contact. We talked about humor and that it's been
missing. She told a story about a scene where Langley
and Phoebe were fighting in the living room and he
moved her backwards to complete his golf shot. She
wanted to know if we felt the show needed more
modernizing. I think she may have been referring to
the way The City was when it first started. In fact
she did mention the camera work. She also said that
the new opening was shot on film, instead of video
tape, and that the makeup is different when they tape
on film. And it takes about two hours for makeup and
hair.
I think pretty much everything else has been covered!
In addition to meeting Julia and Rodi, I was SO happy
to have met everyone there. I had a great time!
Angie
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